Chapter 3
1932 Words
"I want you to do three things. First, immediately send troops to garrison at Peng City and wait for the reinforcements to arrive. Second, return all the wealth of the looter of the general within a day. Third, hang this heart in the city square. If there are any more robbers, just like that," Feng Jingyi said in a deep voice.
"Yes!" The vice general raised his head to look at the imposing woman. He was a bit shocked, a bit ashamed.
She nodded with satisfaction, but she fell to the ground. Instead of falling to the ground, she fell into a strong arm.
###Chapter5,My Name
She didn't know how much time had passed before Feng Jingyi woke up from the sound of the drums training. She realized that she was lying on the bed in the large tent.
The young man in black took the medicine on the table and said, "If you don't rest for a few days and nights, I'm afraid that you will die before the Tang Empire is destroyed."
Feng Jingyi took the medicine bowl and drank it up. After living in the palace for three years, her body was extremely precious. But after such a fight, she couldn't hold on any longer.
After taking the medicine, she lifted the quilt and was ready to get out of bed and rush to Jade Glow Pass.
However, before she got out of bed, she was pushed back again. When she looked up, she saw a pair of piercing black eyes, cold and profound, which was elusive.
"What are you doing?"
"The doctor said you need to rest." The black-clothed childe looked at her with a faint smile.
It could not be denied that she was a beautiful woman. Her beauty was not the exquisite appearance, but a kind of beauty that gathered the spirit of heaven and earth. The self-confidence between her movements was extremely attractive.
Feng Jingyi shook off his hand and said coldly, "It's none of your business."
The young man in black didn't insist. He just smiled and said, "I heard that once the woman from the South Tang Empire is stripped of her veil and looks at her appearance, she will marry the one who looks at her face. Is that true?"
Feng Jingyi glared at him but didn't answer.
"The one who took off your veil is dead, and I'm the second one to see you. If you like, I can help you without any difficulty," the black-clothed childe said with a smile.
"Even so, I'm not the second one to you. I'm your subordinate."
The childe in black sized her up and said with a smile, "It's said that women in the South Tang Dynasty are gentle and moving. Miss Shangguan, you're... chic."
Every woman in the world was as tender as water, but this one was as cold as ice.
"I have something on and have to leave. It's time for you guys to leave as well," Feng Jingyi reminded.
A war was about to break out in Peng City. It was not reasonable for them to stay here since they were not in the barracks.
"That's right on the way," said the black clothed youngster.
"I'm not going with you!" Feng Jingyi frowned unhappily and glared at him.
"I'll go wherever you go." The black-clothed childe followed her out of the tent.
Feng Jingyi didn't care. She left the camp and went to find the generals of the reinforcements. Just now, she left the military camp with her horse. As soon as they arrived at the Shangguan street, a carriage stopped in the middle of the road. The person inside gently lifted the curtain and said, "Miss Shangguan, what a coincidence."
The young man in black saw the dislike on her face and could not help but smile lightly. He said, "We did not mean to stay here. I just have something to give to Miss Shangguan."
Feng Jingyi just wanted to send people away, so she pulled the reins close to the carriage and said, "What is it?"
"Give me your hand," the black-clothed childe said.
She pursed her lips and reached out.
The young master in black didn't give her anything. He just wrote down a word in the palm of her hand, and then said, "Remember, this is my name."
"I don't need it," Feng Xueyi took back her hand and said calmly.
The black-clothed young master loosened his grip and said through the curtain, "I think you need to remember, perhaps...we will meet again very soon."
Feng Xueyi waved her whip and left without taking it seriously.
At this time, she didn't know that this name she didn't remember would twine around her life forever.
The carriage stopped where it was. The man in blue, who was driving the carriage, turned his head and asked, "Master, why did you help her yesterday?"
The man in the car sneered and said, "I just want to see how long the Princess Royal of Peace can keep the peace in the South Tang Empire after she leaves General Shangguan Yi."
###Chapter6,Emperor of the Grand Xia
Peng City's one hundred thousand soldiers and horses could only hold on for thirteen days before being utterly defeated. The Grand Xia cavalry drove all the way to the capital of the South Tang Empire, Jinling.
When Feng Jingyi had just returned to the Tang Palace from Jade Glow Pass, the soldiers and horses of the Xia Dynasty were approaching the city of Jinling. Prime Minister Shangguan told her everything about the recent situation in Jinling. She did not say a word. She just held a blue jade jar in her arms with dull eyes.
"Princess, the great Xia has already been conquered. What are you going to do?" Shangguan Jing asked nervously.
She was the ruler of the South Tang Dynasty. The first thing the Grand Xia did to take over the South Tang Dynasty was to find her, the eldest princess. It was impossible to tell whether she was alive or dead.
"Prime Minister Shangguan, please give me two hours," she said in a hoarse voice.
For the past half month, she had traveled alone to Jade Glow Pass. After searching for ten days and ten nights, she found a jar of bone ashes brought back by the remnants of the army in the depths of the forest. They told her that her Great General was right here.
She didn't want to believe it. She didn't want to believe it. But they had brought her his armor. She had personally embroidered the orchids on his armor. There wouldn't be another one in this world.
Shangguan Jing looked at the tired woman and silently left the hall, giving her peace.
Feng Jingyi quietly looked at the empty hall, as if she had seen the handsome man. When he was on the expedition, he stood there and told her that the day of their triumphant return would be their wedding day.
He never broke his promise. He would do everything he promised her, but this time... he broke his promise.
She grieved for her loved one for an hour and hated the unfairness of heaven. Then she calmed down and got up to open the heavy door, waiting for the enemy.
"Prime Minister Shangguan, please lead the officials and the whole palace to open the city gate!" She stood outside the glorious Supreme Pure Hall, looking as cold as ever.
"Yes." Prime Minister Shangguan deeply bowed to her, but also asked a little worriedly, "What's the Princess' plan?"
"All you need to remember is that from this moment on, there is no longer any Princess Royal Nantang or Feng Jingyi in this world." After saying this, she walked down the long stairs of Han Baiyu and gradually disappeared from the hall and pavilion.
However, she did not leave. She just sneaked into the palace and went out of the Tang Palace to offer the city to surrender.
The women of the South Tang Empire all wore veils to cover their faces before they left the pavilion. As the princess of the South Tang Empire, few people had actually seen her face. Most of the ladies left behind by the palace were her trusted aides.
Outside the city, the black army of the Xia Dynasty was filled with a murderous aura. Their leader was clad in a silver armor that gleamed in the cold sunlight. He raised his long sword and was about to order the soldiers to attack the city when the closed city slowly opened from the inside.
"Prime Minister of the South Tang, Shangguan Jing, led the Tang Palace to hand over a letter of surrender to the emperor of the great Xia. I hope that the Xia Emperor will be kind enough to prevent the citizens of Jin City from suffering from war!" Shangguan Jing held the letter in his hands and knelt down in front of the battle array. The officials and palace servants who followed him also knelt down.
Feng Jingyi also knelt down in the palace and looked at the silver-armored figure in the enemy array. He was her sworn enemy, the emperor of the Xia Dynasty—Xia Houchu.
###Chapter7,The Princess Who Dies for Her Country
Such an easy victory didn't have the slightest joy from the silver-armored man in the Grand Xia army. With a flick of his sleeve, he handed the sword in his hand to the general beside him and sneered at the people outside Jinling City kneeling on the ground.
The great general Fang Qian went over and presented the letter of surrender. He said, "Only the officials and palace servants of the South Tang Empire will not see the Emperor of the Tang Empire nor the Princess Royal of the South Tang."
A chilling light flashed across Xia Hou's eyes, then he tore it into pieces and sprinkled them in the wind.
After many years of walking, Fang Qian immediately asked in a loud voice, "It's your Emperor and the Princess who should write a letter of surrender. Why is it your turn as a humble Prime Minister?"
Shangguan Jing knelt with his head lowered and replied, "The Princess Royal and the Emperor are missing. We don't know where they are either."
"I've heard that Prime Minister Shangguan has always been highly valued by the Princess Royal. How could you not know where they are headed?" Fang Qian asked in a low and cold voice.
"The Princess Royal and the Emperor have been missing for many days. We really don't know." Shangguan Jing bowed his head with his face on the ground, with cold sweat on his forehead.
Fang Qian did not pursue the matter any further. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the silent young emperor, waiting for his verdict.
Xia Hou pulled the reins and shouted, "I came to the South to take something that I miss for many years. If you can't take it out, I have to lead my troops to look for it myself."
Hearing this, Shangguan Jing raised his head to look at the silver-armored young emperor. "What would you like, Xia Emperor?"
If neither of them was what he wanted in Jinling City, then what was it for him to send an army to attack the Tang Empire?
Xia Hou swept his cold gaze over with a murderous intent. He said slowly, "I want the head of... Feng Jingyi, Princess Royal of South Tang Dynasty."
Each word was filled with hatred as if gold and jade had been broken.
Feng Jingyi, who was kneeling between the maids, couldn't help but shiver. She couldn't imagine what kind of deep hatred and hatred she had with this person made him hate her so much.
"Well..." Shangguan Jing was speechless.
Xia Hou laughed coldly and said in a low voice, "Since you can't bring it out, let's use this method. She won't be able to escape from the city-slaughter."
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